Tool-holder.



A. c'. SNBLL. Toor. HOLDER. APPLICATION ILED JULY 23, 1908.

1,038,01 1. Patented sept 10,1912.

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The present invention relatesito UNITED STATES PATENT oEFrcE.

A LBERT c. s ivELL, 'for ROCHESTERNEW' INsrmmEN'rco., 0E ROCHESTER, NEW

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specinaaoa fr .emfs ragen/c. Application filed 311128,1908; vSeriatNo. 445,023.

YORK, 'AssIGNon To ELECTRO-SURGICAL YORK, A QORPORATION 0F NEW YORK.

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Be it known that I, ALBERT of Rochesten in the county of' .Monroe and State'of New York, haveinvented certain new and useful Improvements in ToolfI-Iolders; and I dohereby declare the following to be a 'fu ll,'c1ear, and exact description of the same, reference being had to the 'accompanying drawin `forming a part ofvthisspecication,an to the referencefnumerals marked thereon.-

tool hold ers and it has for an object to provide a con .struction inwhich the ield of o eration of a tool in the holder-is perfectly 4laminated operator may clearly" see the .object operated' upon.

' j 'To these andother ends the invention'eonspeciiication.

l the invention herein s own .is

sistsin certain improvements and combinations of parts all as will be hereinafter more designedfor the removal .of oreign substances from the human eye and when used' 'permits the 'patients .head to resti comfortff ably and the operator to shift'to a'. osition "best suitedfor'thefoperat/ion. The i htis i always exactly-where the operator wis les? andthe-help lof an. assistant -to hold alens hand. I... f In' this embodiment-I provide atoolholder.-

holder isachu is unnecessary.,v Further' the -useof aspecu-A lum is dispensedwith :1s-theo erator can hold the patients eye'openwit the otherv 1 of polygonal fcross section-to permit'it to be easity fmani 1.1late l. At foneend Aof fthe ci'of anysuitable-formation which -perr'n'it-s, the tool. 3- tobefreinoved andi-5.A

l replaced -by "another and fabi heldin-usted longitudinally .`-So... tliat it mayf be' fixed anydesired'positi'on relatlvelyjtogth '-g-.What' claim is: --f

The `t'zo'lnbinatio'n'with fa 'tool' holder hav# i ng' a ftubularhand-le, atubular. extend affamata-:a

vfitted a socket 5 carrled oy an arm 6 that `-1s branched from the holder 1. Means is provided for projecting rays from the illuminator toward the tool. yIn this instance,

Patented sept. 1o, 1912.

the illuminator has arranged in lfrontlof" it a'condensing llens 7 whoseoptical axis ata point at or slightly in advance ofthe end of the tool. By reason ,of this arrangement of -the lens, the toolholder ma turned or shifted to any position wit out taking the illumination lfrom: the field 'of AOperation 'of tlie tool..`.

establishing electrical. connection between Il ow and vhas an electricalconductor 8" aryend bein land insu. ated from the socket ffterl ex-v reducedy end' forms -a' plug whichimay l.be

'ittedinan suitable socket. .The'other conductor lea ing to the` bulb embodies the When the tool is usedit, of course, must be turned to variousposit-ion's. --The poly onal shape of the holder lpermits this actlon ing thetilluminatedpoint to -be practically l'located'in proximity to the chuckQ; Q This' arrangement throws .the illuminating means `not'become located between the illuminator and the tool, and it is thus possible `tomain tain 'the eld'of o eration of t-he .foolconstantlyilluminate y intersects `the longitudinal axis ofthe toolv the bulb and an electriccircuit. In the pres-l ent instance, the vtool holder-*is made lho1- tending ,through arm. 6, and the otherend' f being connected to a-terlninal 9. whichfis insulated at 10 'fromthe reduced end 12 `of the holderforming the other terminal. The

metal'of the tool holder, arm 6 and socket.5.

the same for every position fof. the tool. It will 'be'notedthat .theo'fsetarm projects -forwa'rd from fthe forward .end o f the'tool.' Aholder 'and that the' lamp bulb and .lens arel .forward of the grip ing portion of the -tooll sothatthe hand of t e operator or user can# v Any suitable rnanseniay-"fbe employed for,

ranged therein'and insulated therefrom onev connected Ito a contactllwlthin.

' 4A tool. lonstructedl accordance with this .simple toE operate.A It 'is perfectly hygienic v'as it may inventionis inexpensiveto manufacture and sterilized' without'` affecting -its `and con ensing lens fitted in the socket and 'disposed' at an angle to the holder for Witnesses:

ing upwrdly'f and forwardly from the ha'1'1 holder, said tubulai handle and arm being dle and provide'd'with a lamp socket at its adapted to receive the conductors for the extrelnt ofa combined incandescent lamp lamp.

ALBERT o. SNELL.

v illuminating the field of operation of the RUSSELL B..(n`rRIIFFI'1H,4

`tool in all positions lof adjustment of the G. WILLARD RICH. 

